docs: STATUS and TESTING reflect the default-catalog reality

The HACS row still described an open queue of 835 PRs; the fresh-install
checklist still started from a custom repository.

Issue: #323
User-Visible: no

docs/STATUS.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ metadata). Only an explicit owner-approved emergency hotfix may skip this gate.
 | Workflow | Superseded 2026-08-12: the pre-1.62 rule of "local edits without tests or commits" is **dead** — since release 1.62 every product change follows `PROCESS.md` (issue in `S5-ready`+, branch `issue/<NN>-slug`, trailers on every commit, review pipeline; `AGENTS.md` is the summary). Release mechanics below remain current. A requested pre-release gets a production build plus the smallest targeted unit/smoke set covering the changed surfaces, one tested `dev` commit/tag and a GitHub Release with `prerelease=true`; `main` stays untouched. The complete local frontend/backend/smoke gate runs only before a stable release, after which `main` is fast-forwarded to the exact tested `dev` SHA and the GitHub Release uses `prerelease=false`. Release bodies are short and bilingual (Russian first): only significant user changes get individual bullets, while minor/code-only work is grouped as `Мелкие исправления и улучшения` / `Small fixes and improvements`; every body ends with separate links to the Russian and English changelogs. Detailed RU/EN changelog bullets may link the corresponding closed GitHub Issues; open or partially delivered issues are never presented as shipped. Telegram announcements are sent only for stable releases; beta and RC publication is silent. `docs/RELEASE-NOTES.md` is the current canonical body instance; `npm run release:prerelease -- <tag> --issues=… --yes` is the primary local publication path and the manual `Publish prerelease` workflow is its GitHub-only equivalent once present on `main`. Nothing is copied to the home instance by hand |
 | GitHub | https://github.com/Matysh/houseplan-card — [Issues](https://github.com/Matysh/houseplan-card/issues) are the canonical task records; their labels carry priority and workflow status (`PROCESS.md` §9). GitHub Projects is no longer used. `main` carries stable releases; pre-release tags may point directly at `dev`. Work lands on `dev` and is merged into `main` for a stable release, so `dev` is normally equal to or ahead of `main`, never behind. Push via SSH key `ha_jb` (remote git@github.com:…); API releases via the fine-grained PAT in `~/.git-credentials` (Contents R/W, issued 2026-07-23) |
 | CI | Prerelease publication requires a green exact-SHA Validate: frontend/backend, smoke (including the #73 rAF frame sampler), golden, HACS/Hassfest and a short absolute-ceiling performance smoke. Obsolete same-ref Validate runs are cancelled. Full seven-sample base/candidate performance moved to `performance.yml` (`main` push, weekly, manual); stable release assets fail closed unless Validate and Full Performance are green for the exact tagged SHA and the stable-only CDP compositor screencast finds no empty/black presented frame. |
-| HACS | Custom repository works. **Inclusion PR: hacs/default#9004** — open, valid, labeled, mergeable clean, never drafted. Queue: 1212 open, 835 older than ours. Merge rate COLLAPSED: 75 in July but almost all in the first decade, 0 in the last week (checked 2026-07-29) — maintainers process in rare bursts; ETA unknowable, months at best. Nothing actionable on our side |
+| HACS | **In the default catalog since 2026-08-25** (hacs/default#9004 merged). Install = plain HACS search. Post-merge checklist: run the manual zip workflow on the next stable tag after merging to main; forum/4pda announcement |
 | Home instance | ha.jbstudio.pro (SSH port **22222**, key `ha_jb`; HA config root is `/mnt/data/supervisor/homeassistant` — `/config` does NOT exist in this SSH environment), last direct copy was **v1.57.0**; from v1.58.0 on it updates itself through HACS by tag (no scp) |
 | Localization | UI en/ru (src/i18n/*.json), everything user-visible localized incl. kiosk popover |
 | Tests | Four layers: Node unit (`npm test`: frontend pure modules + tooling policy), pure backend (`pytest tests_backend`, runs anywhere), HA-harness backend (same folder, CI only — needs py3.13 + pytest-homeassistant-custom-component), and browser smokes (`demo/smoke_*.mjs`, headless chromium). **Counts are not written down here** — they went stale within two releases while the version line beside them was kept current, which reads as less coverage than exists (review R5-2). Run `npm run inventory` for the current numbers, or read them off the last CI run |

docs/TESTING.md

@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ separately promised workflows:
 
 ## Installation / upgrade / removal
 
-- [ ] Fresh install via HACS custom repository → integration appears, card auto-registers as a Lovelace resource (`?v=` matches manifest); no manual resource setup
+- [ ] Fresh install from the HACS default catalog (plain search) → integration appears, card auto-registers as a Lovelace resource (`?v=` matches manifest); no manual resource setup
 - [ ] `single_config_entry`: adding a second entry is impossible [manual]
 - [ ] Upgrade via HACS: `?v=` bumps after HA restart, browser picks the new bundle without cache clearing
 - [ ] YAML-mode Lovelace: falls back to `extra_module_url` (card loads)